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Port Perry Star, 27 Sep 1972, p. 5

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Wild elephant Although lions are the big attraction with tourists in South Africa's world-famous Kruger National Park, it is the wild elephant for which one should show the greatest respect, M Most of them are peaceful enough if left alone, but the visitor. should remember . that a charging bull, like this one in. Kruger Park, can reach a speed of 30 m.p.h. For 'that reason, special warning is given tourists driving through the park in their own cars. Do not pass cow elephants with young ones, the advice goes, and never stop a car while an elephant is ahead of you. Instead, drive past him Need Printing Fast? See Us Port Perry Star can charge before stopping - and keep the engine running in case you have to drive off in a hurry. Kruger, which is nearly three times the size of Banff National Park, attracts 400,000 visitors a year. Its population includes 8,000 Pre-season Includes 82,000 Btuh input cap- acity furnace, and thermostat. Installation and ductwork extra. 599 Simcoe St. S. PRINCE ALBERT Now is the time to replace that old worn out furnace. With a dependable, quality LENNOX heating system. At a low, pre-season price. Lennox Nifty Weather Machines™ that warm, clean the air and control humidity. Be ready for winter. R.S. THOMSON, HEATING authorized Consumers Furnace Sale A LENNOX DURACURVE: Thai gas y furnace Now Only $316.00 985-3365 Gas Dealer at 30 M.P_H. elephants, 1,200 lions, 600 leopards, 450 cheetahs, and countless thousands of other animals. Anyone interested in knowing more about the park can get free infor- mation by writing to the South African Tourist Corp- oration, 2 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto. A record 5,979 Canadians - 40 per cent more than the year before - visited South Africa last year. Century. Mid-size! On Saturday, September 2nd, a joint Junior Plowing _ Match for North and South Ontario was held at the farm of Mr. Denzil Oldham, R. R. No. 3, Mount Albert. This joint Junior Plowing Match was sponsored by the Brook- Farmers, and the North and South Ontario Plowmen's Associations. Mr. Raymond Montague, Jarvis, was the official coach and judge for the com- petition. The competitors were coached on correct plow adjustment and how to start and finish their lands. The purpose of the Junior Plowing Match is to give the Junior Plowmen an opport- unity to receive instruction on plowing, and proper plow adjustments; and to en- courage their participation in the senior matches. The winner in the class for boys and girls 15 years and under, who had plowed in competition before, was: Ist: Greg Timbers, Sand- ford. The winner in the class for boys and girls 15 years and under, who had not plowed in competition before, was: Don MacLean, Mount Albert. : The winners in the class for boys and girls 16 to 22 years inclusive, who had plowed in competition be- a A new name to reckon with. We've got it and it stands for mid-size cars with a big Buick's kind of ride, response, engineering and prestige. All to be enjoyed in the kind of quiet luxury Buick is famous for. Come and let us introduce you to Century, Century Luxus and the distinctive new Century Regal . . . a completely new line of '73s that brings everything you ever admired about a Buick, down to size. lin-and Port Perry Junior ~~ ZERING PONTIAC-BUICK ~ Announces the 1973 Century. New luxuries in the Buick tradition. And now names to reckon with. rel in 3 PORT PERRY STAR-Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1972-25 fore, were: 1st; Doug Dunk- eld, Claremont. 2nd; Brian DeGeer, Mount Albert. 3rd; Dale Oldham, Mount Albert, 4th; Bill Tran, Claremont, 5th; Don Little, Sunderland, 6th; Barry Jones, Uxbridge. : The winner in the class for boys and girls 16 to 22 years inclusive, who had not plowed in competition before was: Gail McGuckin, Mount . Albert. Mr. Lynn Fair, former Agricultural Representative for Ontario County, has donated a trophy, for annual competition, for the best plowed land in the Match. The winner was Doug Dun- keld, Claremont, Junior Plowmen Compete Bill Tran, Claremont, will represent the South Ontario Plowmen's Association, and "Brian DeGeer, Mount Al- bert, ' will 'represent the North Ontario Plowmen"s Association in the Junior JInter-Branch Class at the International Plowing Match in Perth County. Dale Old- ham, Mount Albert, will represent North Ontario in the Intermediate Inter- Branch Class at the Interna- tional. 2 Dale Oldham, Mount Al- bert, and Greg Timbers, Sandford, will represent Ontario County in the In- ter-County Class at the International. Oshawa, DAVID R. PARSONS CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT announces the opening of an office for the practice of his profession at 110 King Street East 576-9511 Ontario Century Luxus Colonnade Hardtop Sedan Come and see the '73's tomorrow at PONTIAC PORT PERRY, ONTARIO Port Perry 985-7309 Oshawa 655-3366 10] [0]. 4 LIMITED

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